The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-09-01

OF On1O ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: C0l. j. J.
Speaker Of Missouri Major-G General. c.
b. Cook OF Dakota Col. Applegate u
Nebraska. and @. A. Anderson, J. L.
F. Rakes, and E. B. Smith Of Pennsyl-
vania were chosen members Of the Coun-
cil-in- Chief, and Wheeling. w. Va. wa.
chosen as the next place Of meeting.
VIM. Brandt, OF Iowa Falls. brake
man on the Cedar Rapids, Burlington &
Northern, was run over at Rcinbeck
and killed. Brandt was cutting train
and while doing SO his foot slipped ant
he was thrown under the train. His
legs were cut off, Medical aid was
sent from Cedar Rapids. but before il
arrived the young man was dead. He
was p years old and leaves mother
and sister.
Willie Couse, of Decorah, had close
call few days ago. He was on one
of the cars at the G. NJ. & st. P. R'y
depot, while they were switching and
the cars starting suddenly he fell be-
tween two of them. with an arm and
head on the rail. Fortunately the fire.
man saw him fall and the cars were
stopped at once, SO that be escaped with
only q crushed arm: but moment
later and he would have had his head
| cut off.
One Of the largest and finest barns il
Scott county was destroyed by fire
Three or four boys were in the barr
with matches which they lighted ir
hunting hens nests. The home and its
surroundings had very narrow escape
from destruction. There were severa
horses in the barn when tho fire broke
out, but all were removed in safety.
The barn was valued at $3,OOO-insurec
for 81 900. There was 5000 insuranc.
on the hay,
The Atlantic packing house sale, made
some time ago, il closed, and the Chica
60 firm Of L. B. Dowd & Co., have thu
deed to the property, and twelve acre:
OF ground. The great packing house
which cost $4,000. and which has stooc
idle for year or more, will start il
November with capacity doubled. The
deed requires the purchasers to operate
it nine months in the year. Atlantic il
happy. Every industry in the city is
now in full operation.
..Creston Post, G. A. R." is the title
Of . new organization effected by the
election Of the following officers: Maj
A. Willison, Commander; Col. s. u.
Swan. Senior Vice Commander; DIR.
w. H. Christie, Junior Vice Commander
Rev. ]. r. Roach; Chaplain: B. r. Sny.
der, Quartermaster; Chas. Englehart
Surgeon; R. +. Taylor, Officer of the
day; Mr.. Carter. Officer of the Guard.
They open the books with membership
of thirty answering to roll call.
Rev. Daniel N. Holmes died at his
: sons residence in Kansas, July 2l.
Mr.. Holmes was about IS years old, and
> was snperannuated member of the
! Upper Iowa NJ. E. Conference. In the
. days Of his prime he was an efficient
: minister Of the Gospel. and was promi.
nent among the able men Of that Con
) ference twenty-five years ago. He wa,
presiding Elder Of EldOra and For
!, Dodge Districts for several years, ant
: has scores of old friends in that part o1
Q the State.
The Governor has appointed the fol
t lowing delegates to the Seventh An.
> nual Session of the National Farmers
/ Congress at Chicago. November is,
!. 1887. At LARGE. b. Grinnell and b
5 7. Clayton; Edward Campbell, Jeffer
son county; j. w. Mills, jackson coun
I'll ty; w. N. Fields, Blackhawk county
/ Buel Sherman. Chickasaw county
James Nelson. Tama comfy; l.. F
i Newell, Wapello county; r. C. Webb
/ Polk county; J. D. Brown, Decatur
! county; Oliver Mills, Cass county; Johr
A. Hull, Boone county. and Chas. E
Whiting; Monona county.
: A BRIGHT TOWN.
T Atlantic special: The ten new WE'LL
g at the water works are about com
g pleted. The packing house havin.
9 been sold to Chicago parties will star
up this fall. The corn crop in thi
i county will be first rate. Hay is goo.
d and is selling on our streets at e6.O(
$ per ton. Our canning factory is nov
It employing 25O persons and putting N
q $4,000 cans pr day. The Atlanti,
# alcohol works will start up Octobe
18th. Hundreds Of cattle have beef
a shipped from Eastern Iowa to thes
= parts on account of the scarcity of fee,
4 where they have been. A man wa
:. here a few days ago from Missouri
d looking for a corn crop to drive hi
4 hogs to in order to feed them. He i
coming here.
k ANAMOsA PENITENTIARY.
+ Warden Barr, of the Anamosa peni
tentiary, has filed his biennial repor
! with Governor Larrabee, for the perio
n ending June so, 1887. The matter Q
J. purchasing supplies has been given clos
If attention. and the result is that til
It Warden has been able to support tn
d convicts on q less amount of none
It than is allowed by law for that purpose
o The report of DR.. L. j. Adair, priso
i physician, shows the sanitary condition
(. of the prison to be better than ever b.
,r fore. and only five deaths have occurre
during the biennial period. The cas-
Il on hand, July |, 1885, was &5,252, II
d while July l, 1887, it had increased I
II $9.O35.13. Of the 328 convicts in
a prisoned. 199 are temperate and l29 in
+ temperate; 500 are male prisoners an
N 10 female; 22l are single, 86 married
St Is widowers, six grass widowers, on
grass widow and one widow. Woodbur
;. county has the largest representation
= with 20. and Polk county has but 8. @
!. !, the foreign born inmates, Ireland head
- - the list with "a, and Germany with p
i while Sweden has but 2; 81 are farmer.
! ! and Is laborers, and the rest Al
- scattered through q long list includin
= = artists, attorneys, butchers. BARRIERS
= bill posters, COW boys, cooks, civil er
gineers, jockeys, ,laundrymen, ministries
. miners, painters, printers, shoemaker.
9 saloon-keepers. sailors. telegraph opers
u tors. walters. and many others: Z ar
3 under life sentences, and are to